Qantas Airways is an airline based in Sydney. It is the national airline of Australia. The name was originally 'QANTAS', an acronym for "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services". It is Australia's largest airline and is the world's third oldest continuously running airline, after Dutch-based KLM (founded in October 1919), and Colombian-based Avianca (founded in December 1919).
In 2007, Qantas was voted the fifth best airline in the world by research consultancy Skytrax, a drop from the second position it held in 2005 and 2006.
History - Qantas was founded on 16 November 1920 in Brisbane, Australia as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited by Paul McGuiness, Hudson Fysh, Fergus McMaster and Arthur Baird. The airline's first aircraft was an Avro 504K purchased for ’1425. The aircraft had a cruising speed of 105 kilometres per hour (65 mph) and carried one pilot and two passengers. Eighty-four year old outback pioneer Alexander Kennedy was the first passenger, receiving ticket number one. The airline operated air mail services subsidised by the Australian government, linking railheads in western Queensland.
Hubs - Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport, Melbourne Tullamarine International Airport
Secondary hubs - Singapore Changi Airport, Brisbane International Airport, Perth International Airport
Destinations - Qantas flies to 81 destinations in 5 continents and have announced plans to expand to South America from 24th November 2008 with direct flights from Sydney to Buenos Aires It also has plans to launch flights to Dubai within about three years once the A380 superjumbo joins the fleet.
Online booking can be made at the official website of Qantas
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